Authorities say that a 57-year-old man was charged with murder after striking another man and killing with his truck along Eastex Freeway in Houston on Sept. 21. The man who was hit was standing near a Mazda that had stalled, and another person inside of the Mazda was...
Month: September 2015
Woman found in stranger’s home with 100 narcotic pills
A woman from Falls County in Texas was handed several drug charges on Sept. 13 after sheriff's deputies found her inside a home in Leroy that she did not have permission to visit. According to the property owner, he discovered the 56-year-old Falls County woman in his...
Are plea bargains always the right option?
Most Texas criminal cases are resolved through plea bargaining rather than going to trial. Though many advocate on behalf of plea bargains because courts would be overwhelmed if all cases went to trial, others believe that they often provide defendants with too easy...
Psychological agression may be a risk for Texas families
According to the American Psychological Association, significant numbers of U.S. men and women alike are at relatively high risk of some form abuse by intimate partners. APA statistics show that almost 50 percent of all U.S. women have been subjected to some kind of...
Man released after 20 years in prison on marijuana charge
Texas residents may have heard that a Missouri man who was sentenced to life in prison for being in possession of marijuana was freed on Sept. 1 after spending two decades in prison. The man, age 62, was released after his relatives, lawmakers and other advocates...